Produced by Paul Murray, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: image of book's spine] [Illustration: image of book's cover] [Illustration: DON JOHN OF AUSTRIA. FROM THE ORIGINAL IN THE ROYAL MUSEUM AT MADRID. London: George Routledge & Sons, Broadway, Ludgate Hill.] HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF PHILIP THE SECOND _KING OF SPAIN_ VOLUME THE THIRD AND BIOGRAPHICAL & CRITICAL MISCELLANIES BY WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT LONDON GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL NEW YORK: 416, BROOME STREET PRESCOTT'S WORKS. _One-Volume Edition._ FERDINAND AND ISABELLA, 5s. CONQUEST OF MEXICO. 5s. CONQUEST OF PERU. 5s. PHILIP THE SECOND. Vols. I. and II. in One Vol., 5s. PHILIP THE SECOND. Vol. III., and ESSAYS, in One Vol., 5s. CHARLES THE FIFTH. 5s. CONTENTS OF THE THIRD VOLUME. BOOK V. CHAPTER I. PAGE THE MOORS OF SPAIN 1 Conquest of Spain by the Arabs 1 Hostility between the Two Races 2 The Country recovered by the Spaniards 2 Effect of the Struggle on the National Character 2 Religious Intolerance of the Spaniards 3 Attempts to convert the Moslems 3 Policy of Ximenes 3 Suppression of the Mahometan Worship 4 Outward Conformity to Christianity 4 Moors abandon their National Habits 4 Their Condition under Philip the Second 5 Their Industry and Commerce 5 Treatment by the Government 6 Ordinance of 1563 8 Stringent Measures called for by the Clergy 9 Prepared by the Government 9 Severity of the Enactments 10 Approval of them by Philip 11 Proclamation at Granada 12 Indignation of the Moriscoes 12 Representations to Deza 12 Appeal to the Throne 13 Rejection of their Prayers 14 CHAPTER II. REBELLION OF THE MORISCOES 14 The Edict enforced 14 Plans for Resistance by the Moriscoes 15 Their Descent on Granada 16 Failure of the Attempt 16 General Insurrection 17 Election of a King 17 Character of Aben-Humeya 18 His Coronation 18 His Preparations for Defence 19 The Christian Population 19 Unsuspicious of their Danger 19